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25A860 Ruth Torres v. Veretta Frazier, Judge, 44th Civil District Court, Dallas County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-01-30 Application constitutional-violations declaratory-relief due-process judicial-conduct judicial-immunity state-court Whether judicial immunity shields state court judges from declaratory relief when constitutional due process violations are alleged in their judicial …
25-6665 Tra'ven Boyer-Letlow v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP arrest-seizure constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process miranda-rights probable-cause Whether law enforcement violated due process rights through improper arrest, seizure, detention, and failure to Mirandize, thereby rendering convictio…
25A829 Albert Whitney Coburn v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families Washington 2026-01-21 Application child-protective-services constitutional-violations family-law negligence parental-rights statute-of-limitations Whether a state child protective services agency can be held liable for negligence in its investigation of a child abuse report when the investigation…
25-870 In Re Delmart Vreeland 2026-01-21 Pending constitutional-violations fabricated-evidence habeas-corpus jurisdiction state-prisoner writ-of-certiorari Whether this Court's power to issue a writ of habeas corpus should be exercised when a state prisoner is confined by a court without jurisdiction and …
25-6596 Jamie Brian Ketcham v. Department of Defense Fourth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending IFP constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus indigent-standard military-detention sixth-amendment Whether a federal circuit court violates the statutory standard for indigents under 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B)(l) and Ellis v. United States precedent by…
25-655 In Re Rayon Payne 2025-12-05 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations due-process judicial-bias procedural-limbo statutory-interpretation venue-transfer Whether a United States District Court may transfer a case under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to a judicial district where the Plaintiff has already demonstrat…
25-6300 Anthony Jones v. United States Third Circuit 2025-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-violations criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance plain-error structural-defects Whether structural constitutional defects in indictments should be reviewed under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52's plain error standard or Rule…
25-6200 Daman Thomas Caldwell v. Florida Florida 2025-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations false-police-report fifth-amendment first-amendment per-curiam-affirmance sixth-amendment Whether the conviction of Petitioner, obtained under a per curiam affirmance without opinion and supported by a false police report, violates the Firs…
25-6029 Keith Baldwin, Jr. v. Jamey Fletcher, Captain, Maiden Police Department Fourth Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defenses civil-rights constitutional-violations discovery-rights rule-12b6 section-1983 Whether federal district courts must allow § 1983 plaintiffs reasonable discovery to develop facts regarding defendants' affirmative defenses before d…
25-424 Patricia Ashton Derges v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Response Waived appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-violations due-process judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Whether seven constitutional violations, over 120 Brady violations, and more than 200 acts of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct warrant Supreme Co…
25-5757 Kristopher Jacob Freda v. Oregon Oregon 2025-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment writ-of-mandamus Will SCOTUS order a writ of mandamus to stop the State of Oregon from punishing Freda with cruel and unusual punishment and stop the Constitutional vi…
25-5663 Brahim Boumakh v. Michelle C. Reid, Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations employment-discrimination jury-trial procedural-technicalities religious-accommodation Whether a United States District Court judge may dismiss a civil rights employment discrimination case on procedural technicalities without granting: …
25-5635 Roy Franklin Echols v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations federal-courts railroad-law summons-issuance workplace-exposure Whether the Petitioner was denied access to Federal Courts in addressing Railroad Corporate Advertisement Law and workplace silica dust exposure, and …
25-5384 Christopher Kines v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Fifth Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-violations court-procedure evidence-standard fifth-circuit judicial-proceedings Is it the common practice of the Fifth Circuit to disregard facts in the record and ignore evidence the court itself agreed to consider?
25-5364 David R. Kauffman v. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violations federal-procedure judicial-misconduct mandamus-petition rule-16 Whether the Supreme Court should grant a writ of certiorari to correct the Third Circuit's denial of a mandamus petition and order the district court …
25-155 Gennady Y. Paremsky v. Ingham County, Michigan, et al. Michigan 2025-08-08 Denied Response Waived compensation-rights constitutional-violations contract-impairment due-process equal-protection takings-clause Whether Michigan county officials violated the Takings Clause, Due Process, and Equal Protection Clauses by removing an employee's earned compensation…
25-5313 Kevin William Cassaday v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-procedure obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct Whether multiple constitutional amendments were violated during Mr. Cassaday's arrest, prosecution, and incarceration, and if government officials eng…
25A93 Kevin Don Foster v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-23 Presumed Complete constitutional-violations death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments require a new trial or resentencing where a defendant alleges ineffective assistance of counsel a…
24-7427 Phillip White v. Mark Agbaosi, Warden Georgia 2025-06-16 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-bar Whether Georgia's Habeas Corpus Act violates constitutional protections when procedural bars prevent meaningful review of a potentially wrongful convi…
24-1272 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations first-amendment-retaliation judicial-immunity self-representation separation-of-powers sixth-amendment-rights Whether the lower court's actions constitute a violation of First Amendment retaliation, Sixth Amendment right to self-representation, and separation …
24-1245 Masika Brown Ray v. Anthony Boone, Chief, Longview Police Department, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-05 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection police-accountability selective-enforcement wrongful-detention Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming the district court's dismissal where substantial constitutional violations under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amend…
24A1166 Ray Leonerdirt Diaz Santiago v. Jose Ramon Carrion Morales, et al. First Circuit 2025-05-30 Presumed Complete bankruptcy constitutional-violations due-process foreclosure notice-of-hearing property-rights Whether due process requires meaningful notice and opportunity to be heard in bankruptcy foreclosure proceedings involving property rights when proced…
24-1213 In Re Bahig Bishay 2025-05-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violations declaratory-relief individual-capacity judicial-immunity official-immunity Whether government employees classified as judicial officers are absolutely immune from prosecution for declaratory relief when sued in individual cap…
24-7216 Dessie Andrews v. Alma Adams, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i-powers constitutional-violations ninth-amendment sovereign-rights standing-doctrine tenth-amendment Do the People have an unalienable right to sue Congress for systemic constitutional violations without a particularized injury when such actions excee…
24-7196 Jacob Bellinsky v. Rachel Zinna Galan Colorado 2025-05-13 Denied IFP constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus rule-60b suspension-clause void-judgments Whether the Suspension Clause, 28 U.S.C. § 2248, and Rule 8(d) require courts to accept habeas allegations when respondents fail to traverse or deny, …
24-7080 Rolondo Stewart v. Keith Cooley, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-04-28 Denied IFP constitutional-violations due-process federal-petition habeas-corpus state-custody supreme-court Whether a federal habeas petition filed by a state prisoner raises constitutional violations under 28 U.S.C. § 2254
24-7022 Darrell Lamar Marshall v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-04-17 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law conspiracy constitutional-violations fraud statute-of-limitations Whether there is a statute of limitations for civil and criminal charges involving fraud, conspiracy, and constitutional violations against a minor un…
24-937 Miguel Adan Cayetano v. Texas Texas 2025-03-03 Denied confrontation-clause constitutional-violations due-process fraud-on-court prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-authority Should the United States Supreme Court use its inherent authority to act sua sponte and vacate the prior decisions of the lower courts due to alleged …
24-6580 Darrell Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-ethics judicial-recusal Whether a federal judge should have recused himself under 28 U.S.C. §455(b)(2) due to prior involvement in creating the financial problems underlying …
24-6522 Samuel Carl Neyhart v. Tyrell Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel martinez-review ninth-circuit procedural-default Whether the Ninth Circuit and Idaho Federal District Court erred in procedurally defaulting habeas claims and denying a Certificate of Appealability f…
24-6509 Antonio Alejandro Charlemagne, aka Antonio Gutierrez-Farah, aka Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Jamie Miller, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-rules constitutional-violations due-process ex-post-facto interim-hearing parole-board Whether the Parole Board retroactively applied rules and standards in violation of due process and ex post facto guarantees when denying petitioner's …
24-6445 Neelam Uppal v. Florida Department of Administrative Hearings, et al. Florida 2025-02-03 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-violations due-process florida-supreme-court judicial-review Did the Florida Supreme Court err in dismissing the appeal and consequently failed to address the constitutional violations raised
24-6255 Taiming Zhang v. Apple, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-08 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-violations consumer-protection due-process product-liability racial-discrimination Whether Apple has committed systematic fraud, racial targeting, and constitutional violations through defective product design and judicial misconduct
24-6075 Lamar Williams v. Alyeska Seafoods, Inc. Alaska 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment government-funding labor-law Whether the plaintiff seeks judicial review of potential constitutional and labor law violations by Alyeska Seafood company and government agencies
24A506 Marc M. Susselman v. Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-11-21 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-violations law-enforcement municipal-liability qualified-immunity sixth-circuit Whether a county sheriff's office and local officials are entitled to qualified immunity when responding to a citizen's allegations of misconduct and …
24A487 City of Los Angeles, California, et al. v. Hasmik Jasmine Chinaryan, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem for NEC, a Minor, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-15 Presumed Complete civil-rights constitutional-violations excessive-force law-enforcement municipal-liability ninth-circuit Whether a municipality and its employees can be held liable for alleged constitutional violations arising from a law enforcement encounter involving p…
24-5826 In Re Daniel Laurel 2024-10-25 Denied IFP article-iii-jurisdiction constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standing Whether lower courts can deny habeas corpus access, proceed without proper affidavits, and maintain Article III jurisdiction despite jury acquittal
24A377 Grace Wilson Marshall v. Benjamin Ryan Caudill Kentucky 2024-10-21 Presumed Complete constitutional-violations due-process family-law judicial-bias parental-rights racial-discrimination Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments permit a state court to deprive a parent of custody and visitation rights based on alleged racial bias, pr…
24-398 Jantzen Verastique, et al. v. City of Dallas, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-09 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations deliberate-indifference governmental-entity legal-precedent pattern-requirement section-1983 Whether Leatherman v. Tarrant County precedent applies to deliberate indifference claims under § 1983 and whether pattern of constitutional violations…
24-5716 Dale B. Green v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2024-10-07 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations dismissal district-court judicial-review legal-standing Whether the district court's dismissal of a civil rights action was proper given the plaintiff's allegations of constitutional violations
24-5463 Ashley Wilkerson v. City of Houston, Texas Fifth Circuit 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 constitutional-violations due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment police-interference Do the government's repeated First and Fourteenth Amendment violations, including police interference and intimidation, constitute actionable constitu…
24-5459 In Re Raul Chavez 2024-09-04 Denied IFP article-iii-jurisdiction constitutional-violations double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus speedy-trial Whether lower courts can delay and deny habeas corpus access while maintaining constitutional adherence to privilege guarantees
24A223 In Re Lorenzo Cole 2024-08-30 Presumed Complete constitutional-violations federal-court habeas-corpus page-limitations pro-se-petition word-limits Whether a state prisoner may seek extraordinary relief from word and page limitations in a federal habeas corpus petition based on the complexity of a…
23-7838 Davit Davitashvili v. United States Third Circuit 2024-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment mental-health-disclosure miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Were there violations of the 5th and 6th Amendments?
23-7719 Justin T. Winston v. Jon Noble, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice constitutional-rights constitutional-violations federal-claims postconviction-motion procedural-default state-law wisconsin-law Did Mr. Winston procedurally default all of his federal claims?
23-7680 Charles R. Murse, Jr. v. Mary L. Murse Third Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied IFP 42-usc-407 ada-rights ada-violations attempted-murder civil-rights constitutional-violations court-misconduct disability-rights due-process judicial-misconduct ssdi-protections civil-rights-violations
23-7485 William Glenn Chunn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP assistance-of-counsel constitutional-violations continuance continuance-denial discovery discovery-review due-process fair-trial right-to-counsel trial-court-discretion Whether a defendant's right to assistance of counsel and due process are upheld when he has no right to review discovery or confer with his attorney, …
23-7379 Michael Hebert v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidence evidence-contamination fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the lower court erred in denying COA on the claim of prosecutorial misconduct
23-7282 Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-19 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violations deprivation-of-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-misconduct Whether federal courts can take serious civil rights violations as frivolous
23-755 Andrew S. Clyde, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. v. William McFarland, in His Official Capacity as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, et al. District of Columbia 2024-01-12 Denied congressional-immunity congressional-rules constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations judicial-review jurisdiction legislative-immunity legislative-procedure separation-of-powers speech-or-debate-clause twenty-seventh-amendment Whether the Speech or Debate Clause creates a jurisdictional bar to judicial consideration of whether internal congressional rules or practices violat…
23-6457 Peter Grigg v. Barbara Benson Ninth Circuit 2024-01-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure jurisdiction legal-standards standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses were violated
23A611 Linda Ann Wright v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-02 Presumed Complete 42-usc-1985 civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process elder-abuse judicial-recusal Whether federal courts improperly dismissed civil rights claims involving alleged elder abuse and constitutional violations without proper judicial re…
23A489 Martin Akerman v. General Daniel Hokanson, Chief, National Guard Bureau,et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-11-30 Presumed Complete administrative-law bivens-claim constitutional-violations federal-employment government-officials national-guard Whether a federal employee can bring a Bivens claim against multiple government agencies and officials for alleged constitutional violations related t…
23A491 Lamar Larue White v. California California 2023-11-30 Presumed Complete constitutional-violations federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus state-proceeding supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review alleged federal constitutional violations in a state habeas corpus proceeding
23-6090 In Re Kurt A. Benshoof 2023-11-22 Denied IFP constitutional-violations due-process family-court fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction justiciable-controversy religious-freedom subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether family court proceeded in absence of jurisdiction and absent a justiciable controversy, thereby violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourte…
23-5974 Timothy Kaler v. ESA Management, LLC Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 Denied IFP amendment-interpretation cares-act cares-act-violation civil-procedure constitutional-due-process constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-removal fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-conflict removal Question not identified
23-5864 Alfred Starling v. Charles Mims, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-statute constitutional-violations equitable-tolling gateway-claim habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations Whether the lower courts erred in holding that reasonable jurists would not debate whether Petitioner's First Federal Habeas Corpus petition was untim…
23A254 Anthony Castillo Sanchez v. Christe Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-09-20 Denied access-to-files constitutional-violations death-penalty ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief stay-of-execution Whether a death row inmate has a constitutional right to adequate access to his complete case files and effective assistance of counsel in the final s…
23-5325 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2023-08-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP agency-collusion civil-rights collusion-between-an-mda-ses-and-dia-is-wrong-and- constitutional-violations due-process employer-discrimination equal-justice-under-the-law evidence-withholding sixth-amendment standing Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1212
23-102 Marvin Carrera v. Rhonda K. Forsberg Ninth Circuit 2023-08-02 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violations constitutional-due-process constitutional-violations eleventh-amendment federal-court-jurisdiction judicial-immunity rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-federal-court Can a Judge use the Rooker-Feldman doctrine to divert the State Federal Court from looking in to violation of civil and Constitutional violations?
23-5258 Octavius McLendon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-violations district-court-jurisdiction federal-inmates federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-default statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may deny a § 2255 motion on the merits rather than remanding to the district court
23-82 Joshua Isaiah Joyner v. Texas Texas 2023-07-27 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-justice procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense Did the TCCA deny petitioner procedural due process by summarily rejecting his substantial constitutional claims without requiring the trial court to …
22-7758 Steven Keith Hunley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-violations criminal-procedure fifth-amendment indictment jury-factfinding lower-courts-error preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment Can a district court judge determine that an individual's prior offenses occurred 'on occasions different' by a preponderance of the evidence or do th…
22-1126 In Re Dorothy M. Hartman 2023-05-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering government-overreach intellectual-property judicial-misconduct patent-rights separation-of-powers Should Judges of Appellate Courts have the right to ignore, manipulate, or even destroy evidence in cases pending before them in support of the Federa…
22-7341 Donnie Earl Phillips, Jr. v. Robert Ray Cowie, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied IFP civil-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations damages due-process illegal-prosecution immunity legal-remedy malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified
22-7330 Pedro Perez-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure deportation due-process habeas-corpus immigration ineffective-counsel sentencing Whether petitioner's conviction for 'illegal reentry' was supported by sufficient evidence
22-7242 In Re Henry Jones 2023-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-attack constitutional-violations constructive-amendment denial-of-counsel due-process extraordinary-writ fraud jurisdiction sentencing trial-record-falsification Whether Jones' sentence and conviction were unconstitutionally imposed due to numerous constitutional violations by the district court
22-6991 Samuel Dickerson v. Ken Scarlett, Chief, Springfield Police Department, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection police-misconduct standing Does r+ violate the Federal Constitution under the 14th Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection rights
22-701 Norman Bartsch Herterich v. Mary E. Wiss, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-27 Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review claims-and-issues constitutional-violations district-court federal-constitutional-violations federal-district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-adjudication state-court-proceedings Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal-district-court jurisdiction over an action merely because the action alleges federal-constitutional-v…
22-6517 William F. Kaetz v. Freda L. Wolfson, Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-11 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations content-discrimination first-amendment free-speech government-accountability government-retaliation speech-suppression viewpoint-discrimination First-Amendment-retaliation
22-6384 Peter Gakuba v. Larry Henderson, et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-violations deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment kosher-meal-requirements prisoner-rights Whether the Eighth Amendment requires prison officials to accommodate a prisoner's serious medical needs, including a life-threatening food allergy, a…
22-6360 Tyrell Hart v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process false-confessions habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel police-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the lower federal and state courts unreasonably applied this Court's holdings finding that Yart was not denied effective assistance of counsel…
22-6245 Wade Plair v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied IFP constitutional-violations double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct tampering-with-records Does intentional prosecutorial misconduct disqualify the trial court from pursuing a second prosecution of the same case?
22-6239 Nicholas Stewart Hines v. Denny Kaemingk, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts access-to-legal-documents civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment judicial-access prisoners-rights retaliation Whether a prisoner's right to access a county courthouse and public records is different than a regular citizen
22-522 Applied Underwriters, Inc., et al. v. Ricardo Lara, Commissioner, California Department of Insurance, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 abstention abstention-doctrine civil-rights constitutional-violations in-personam in-rem in-rem-jurisdiction prior-exclusive-jurisdiction section-1983 state-executive-officers Does the prior exclusive jurisdiction doctrine require a federal court to abstain in an action against state executive officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983…
22-6208 Jason Ross Gilley v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-12-02 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process evidence-standards fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Question not identified.
22-6069 Rufus Spearman v. Mary Parson, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations district-court dolan-v-city-of-tigard due-process endangered-species-act federal-procedure judicial-dismissal nollan-v-california-coastal-commission section-1983 takings Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision in Wimbleton v. Ospn, 210 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2000), which held that the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment do…
22-378 Steven Elmer Hinds v. Texas Texas 2022-10-24 Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment policing-for-profit sixth-amendment state-prosecution Is Texas Penal Code (T.P.C.) § 42.105 repugnant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?
22-5675 Larry Gapen v. Ohio Ohio 2022-09-23 Denied IFP capital-case constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-evidence federal-constitutional-rights federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus juror-misconduct lex-talionis state-procedural-rules Whether state courts violate the federal constitution's right to due process by applying state procedural rules to prevent substantial claims of feder…
22-5555 Denni Valdez v. Eckert Stewart, Warden Second Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-violations district-court due-process en-banc-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure rehearing-en-banc Did the Court of Appeals violate Appellant's Constitutional right to Due Process
21-1498 Norman Bartsch Herterich v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-05-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) adjudication appellate-review constitutional-violations district-court-dismissal due-process federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-proceedings Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal-district-court jurisdiction over an action merely because the action alleges Constitutional-violation…
21-7807 In Re Rafael Cezar Danam 2022-05-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment jury-trial mandamus-writ redress-of-grievances supremacy-clause Writ of Mandamus to Correct Constitutional Violations
21-1309 Wendy Meigs v. Todd Zucker, et al. Texas 2022-03-31 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations court-bias court-corruption due-process due-process-rights judicial-system-accountability legal-malpractice pro-se pro-se-discrimination Does this Country contribute to Court Bias, Violations of Due Process and Constitutional Rights, and Discrimination in courts by consciously ignoring …
21-7364 In Re David Lopez 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fraud-on-court habeas harmless-error judicial-misconduct original-jurisdiction standing supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-prohibition Whether the Supreme Court should grant a writ of prohibition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1651(a) to prevent further violations of the petitioner's c…
21-7165 Bernard Middleton v. Brittany Greene, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violations article-1-section constitutional-violations dismissal-without-prejudice dismissals-without-notification due-process federal-courts preliminary-hearing Whether the federal courts erred in denying the petition for writ of certiorari despite the petitioner's claims of due process violations, lack of pre…
21-7141 In Re Taquan Rashe Gullett-El 2022-02-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alien-status civil-rights constitutional-violations dred-scott due-process habeas-corpus international-law pro-se-petition sovereign-citizenship standing unlawful-detention Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the unlawful detention and denial of habeas corpus relief
21-6928 Dennis Lee Maxberry v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process honorable-discharge insider-trading military-discharge prejudice statutes-of-limitation veterans-affairs veterans-rights Isn't a questionable claim by the defendant's that the Discharged Peace-time Veteran who had been discharged to a soft landing usually is when the Sta…
21-6790 Timothy Ryan v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction child-pornography civil-rights constitutional-violations discretionary-review due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing Whether the district court erred in denying Ryan's § 2255 habeas corpus petition without holding an evidentiary hearing
21-6709 Suran Wije v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-rights due-process education educational-discrimination equal-protection invisible-disabilities standing systemic-segregation Whether an exception or immunity to the Fifth Amendment allows reinvented segregation to continue within the United States
21-6598 Glen Plourde v. Northern Light Acadia Hospital, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process procedural-dismissal standing state-actors torture-allegations Does the Fact that the Courts' Decision conflicts with Law mean that the Federal Courts have abused their discretion?
21-878 Carl Michael Seibert v. Jeremy McIntire, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 state-court-judgments subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Eleventh Circuit's purported 'inextricably intertwined' standard for evaluating jurisdictional claims under Rooker-Feldman arbitrarily and…
21-6043 Vedrick Lamonte Symonette v. Florida Florida 2021-10-25 Denied IFP brady-v-maryland constitutional-violations criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-error fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-procedure jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice vague-indistinct-indefinite Whether the information provided to the defendant was so vague, indistinct, and indefinite that it resulted in a due process violation, a Brady v. Mar…
21-6038 In Re Brian David Hill 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitution constitutional-violations district-court due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-rebellion north-carolina supreme-court-authority uncontested-motions Where the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina had systematically and repeatedly deprived a Petitioner of Due Process of Law …
21-5779 Morris Kent Thompson v. Jennifer Leppek Cerato, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Natalie A. Richards-Thompson Florida 2021-09-24 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight legal-fraud separation-of-powers Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution?
21-5403 Charles Edwin Tumlinson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-innocence appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-petition standing Should lower federal courts be allowed to violate Supreme Court case law and deny pro-se applicants relief for fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice clai…
20-8433 Abdu-Salim Gould v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing Whether the petitioner has a constitutional guarantee to counsel in post-conviction proceedings
20-8223 Weldon Boyce Bridges v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied IFP constitutional-rights constitutional-violations counsel-of-choice due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-coercion right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-criminal-procedure Whether the State District Court can convict the petitioner without 'paid' counsel of choice at pre-trial, plea, arraignment, and evidentiary hearings…
20-1664 Jason Michael Jett v. Michigan Michigan 2021-05-28 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection felony-charges illegal-search-and-seizure jurisdiction racketeering state-agent Whether the State agents' actions, including threats, bullying, secret felony charges, continuous taxation, and causing irreparable damage, violate du…
20-8102 Adam Rosen v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief precedent self-incrimination state-court-review Whether the Commonwealth's use of a defendant's statements to the Commonwealth, which were not elicited in violation of the defendant's Fifth Amendmen…
20-7894 Winston A. McKenzie v. Texas Texas 2021-04-29 Denied IFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering material-exculpatory-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-proceeding standing Whether Petitioners conviction is invalid when the evidence presented was legally insufficient to sustain a conviction
20-1288 Craig Geness v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied administrative-agency americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation statutory-violations third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in granting the collateral appeal of Defendant, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC), where the record…
20-1145 In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam 2021-02-22 Denied appointments-clause constitutional-violations contract-clause due-process federal-circuit-court judicial-inquiry patent patent-rights separation-of-powers supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether Justice Barrett must accept and grant this Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus
20-7148 Benjamin W. Fawley v. David Jablonski, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-violations contracts-clause criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus pro-se procedural-errors sentencing standing takings Is it proper for the U.S. District Court to dismiss the motions for joinder filed by the defendants?
20-7063 Pablo Damiani-Melendez v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-challenge self-representation sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Whether the trial court violated Melendez's Sixth Amendment right under the United States and Delaware Constitution when it denied his verbal request …
20-6898 Lewis Anderson v. California Ninth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-petition fourth-amendment habeas-corpus search-and-seizure standing suppress-writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's federal petition for writ of habeas corpus based on a time bar procedure that commands the…
20-946 John J. Dierlam v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment affordable-care-act civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech religious-exemptions rfra Do one or more Constitutional violations exist in the ACA?
20-6493 Neelam Uppal v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Florida 2020-12-01 Denied IFP abuse-of-authority bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process foreclosure hobbs-act judicial-bias standing Whether a litigant is deprived of due process of law
20-6276 Arek R. Fressadi v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-violations court-rules due-process equal-protection first-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-misconduct judicial-review oath-of-office procedural-default self-defense state-law supreme-court trial-counsel venue-transfer venue-transfer 20-6275" Would a jurist of reason find debatable the correc Whether failures to apply mandatory language of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court rulings, state law, and court rules are violations of the Du…
20-6267 In Re Graham Schiff 2020-11-10 Denied IFP bad-faith civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-intervention post-conviction-relief state-criminal-proceedings state-officials Whether federal intervention in a state criminal proceeding is appropriate given the petitioner's showing of 'bad faith and harassment by state offici…
20-6059 Paul Edward Duran v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review arbitration-award civil-rights constitutional-violations district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-arbitration-act federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-discretion motion-to-vacate Did the Ninth Circuit Court err by not issuing a COA, when the Court had knowledge that there were allegations of constitutional violations that were …
20-427 Polk County, Wisconsin v. J. K. J., et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Amici (3) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violations failure-to-train monell-liability municipal-liability section-1983 single-incident-theory Whether the 'single-incident' theory of Monell liability may be used to hold a municipality liable under §1983 on the theory that its failure to do mo…
20-5786 William Earl Sweet v. Florida Florida 2020-09-25 Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violations eighth-amendment giglio-claim habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-proceedings suspension-clause Whether the Eighth Amendment and the Suspension Clause require that an individual have a fair opportunity to show actual-innocence in state-court and …
20-5811 Ruth Torres v. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, et al. Texas 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection equal-protections governmental-immunity judicial-bias pro-se-litigation whistleblower-rights When Pro Se Indigent parties lack meaningful access, procedurally and meritoriously, does this constitute lack of due process and equal protections un…
20-5680 Larry R. Steele v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-09-14 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-violations due-process federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief res-judicata standing state-court-review Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims as barred by res judicata and collateral estoppel
20-5496 Santosh Ram v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-violations evidentiary-standard judicial-review lower-court-analysis mcquiggin-v-perkins post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process schup-v-delo Whether evidence of actual innocence provides a legal reason to reopen 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion proceedings to establish constitutional violations
20-5465 In Re Francisco Felix 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-3231 actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice constitutional-violations criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions procedural-default subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the government's defense, jury instructions, and denial of counsel were prejudicial
20-5385 Judy Harmon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-violations direct-appeal ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-powers procedural-default sister-circuits Whether there appears to be a disparity within the Sister Circuits use of jurisdictional powers and discretion, ruling over Ineffective Assistance of …
20-5102 Makeda Haile v. Abdul Conteh Virginia 2020-07-17 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct title-vii Whether the Supreme Court will address violations of civil rights and due process
19-1446 Bing Charles W. Kearney, Jr., et al. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment appellate-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations due-process federal-appellate-courts federal-courts fifth-amendment florida-supreme-court judicial-review legal-doctrine right-for-the-wrong-reason statutory-interpretation Does the 'right for the wrong reason' doctrine allow federal appellate courts to violate due process?
19-1415 John J. Dierlam v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived 1st-amendment affordable-care-act civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association healthcare-mandate religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act rfra Whether the Affordable Care Act contains one or more constitutional violations
19-8785 Brandon Williams v. Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied IFP bill-of-rights civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-ethics qualified-immunity standing Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit exceed its enumerated powers and violate basic principles of federalism
19-8626 In Re Thomas Reid DeCarlo 2020-06-05 Dismissed IFP checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-accountability congressional-authority constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction separation-of-powers supreme-court-authority Whether Congress and the Executive Branch have exceeded their constitutional authority and violated the system of checks and balances
19-8535 Courtney Rashon Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-review grand-jury habeas-corpus plea-bargaining standing Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty can seek relief from his conviction on the basis that the government failed to instruct the grand jury on an es…
19-8480 Stanley J. Caterbone v. National Security Agency Third Circuit 2020-05-19 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-authority civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process filing-restrictions government-abuse government-misconduct judicial-misconduct national-security pro-se-petition standing Is there Judicial Misconduct and Abuse of Authority
19-8392 Juan Balderas v. Texas Texas 2020-05-04 Denied IFP brady-violation capital-punishment constitutional-violations due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction state-procedures In a death penalty case, where a state provides a post-conviction procedure for challenging the unresolved constitutional violations that occurred at …
19-1150 Gary Kirchhoff v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-suit fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech military-medical-privileges statute-of-limitations whistleblower whistleblower-rights Whether the court erred in affirming the lower court's decision that the statute of limitations was past for Gary Kirchhoff, M.D. to file a federal su…
19-1082 Stephen Linder v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied civil-rights-tort-claims-act-discretionary-functio constitutional-violation constitutional-violations discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress law-enforcement malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary function exception bars claims for malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress that violate the C…
19-7770 In Re Marcus Williams 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation constitutional-violations deception-by-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea plea-agreement pre-trial-acts-and-omissions pre-trial-counsel structural-error Whether the pre-trial acts and omissions made by Marcus Williams' counsel constituted ineffective assistance of counsel
19-7722 Audrel Jack Watson, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-appeals due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure standing state-court-rules state-statutes statutory-interpretation supreme-court-error Did the Virginia Supreme Court err in denying Audrel Una Weston Jr.'s petition for writ of certiorari?
19-7122 Vinodh Raghubir v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-12-31 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing takings Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court dismissed his petition for writ of habeas corpus
19-6928 Lee Dale Lofton, Jr. v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-error sixth-amendment standing Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel and due process under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when the district court fa…
19-6732 Martin Stanley Ivie v. Washington Washington 2019-11-22 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering false-arrest false-evidence perjury police-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct state-misconduct wrongful-conviction Whether state officials can use forged evidence to convict a U.S. citizen
19-6659 In Re Arturo Rodriguez Ornalez 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rule-11 sentencing structural-error Whether Constitution and statutory provisions and Rule 11 violations may have rendered Arturo Rodriguez Ornalez's sentence and conviction constitution…
19-593 City of Camden, New Jersey v. Alanda Forrest Third Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process legal-standard monell-doctrine monell-liability monell-v-department-of-social-services municipal-liability policy-custom policy-or-custom policymaker-notice untrained-or-unsupervised-employees What constitutes a pattern of similar constitutional violations by untrained and/or unsupervised employees under Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs.?
19-6449 Antwoine Marquise Bealer v. Kern Valley State Prison Ninth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-decision administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-screening PLRA prison prisoner-rights standing Does the PLRA require the court to look beyond a prima facie showing when screening prisoner in forma pauperis complaints?
19-6422 Calvin Dunell Burns v. Florida Florida 2019-10-29 Denied IFP appeal appellate-review civil-rights competency constitutional-violations due-process evidence legal-procedure mental-competency mental-health standing trial-counsel trial-procedure Why did the First District Court of Appeals, State of Florida, not rule fairly on the merits of the issues in the Petitioner's Direct Appeal regarding…
19-6251 In Re Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi 2019-10-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process extrinsic-fraud fraudulent-conviction habeas-corpus impeaching-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suborned-testimony witness-tampering wrongful-conviction Whether newly discovered evidence of fraudulently concealed impeaching evidence and constitutional violations warrants reversal of petitioner's convic…
19-6121 In Re Matthew Lee Staszak 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandamus prosecutorial-misconduct Should this Supreme Court issue the writ of mandamus to compel the district court to adjudicate petitioner's 28 USC § 2255 habeas corpus petition
19-5897 Carlos German Lema Nogales v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-circuit-precedent 6th-amendment conspiracy constitutional-violations criminal-informant due-process eavesdrop effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance multiple-conspiracies search-and-seizure warrant warrant-reliability WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL
19-325 Columbian Financial Corporation v. Tim Kemp, Bank Commissioner of Kansas, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law constitutional-violations due-process fourteenth-amendment notice opportunity-to-be-heard preclusion property-rights res-judicata state-action Whether Petitioner's due process rights were violated when the lower federal courts barred Petitioner's claim by applying preclusive effect to the ver…
19-5632 T. A., et al. v. Howard B. Leff, et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations domestic-relations-exception due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity quid-pro-quo racketeering rooker-feldman standing sua-sponta-fiduciaries Is it error to impose judicial immunity when the pleadings detail that NYS Judge and sua sponta appointed Part 36 Fiduciaries acted without jurisdicti…
19-5587 In Re Levar Lee Spence 2019-08-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment federal-courts federal-habeas-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction liberty-rights Whether the courts can refuse and/or feign review of habeas corpus claims asserting constitutional violations, would warrant habeas corpus relief?
19-5557 Josiah English, III v. Theodore Campagnolo, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-jurisdiction irreparable-harm ninth-circuit standing state-officials younger-abstention Did the U.S. District Court err in invoking the Younger Abstention Doctrine and not allowing the Plaintiff to state a claim in his Civil Rights action…
19-5302 Bryant Keith Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2019-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages due-process free-speech habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the State of Florida can impose a life sentence on an individual despite a jury's recommendation of a lesser sentence
19-5222 James Arthur Meeks v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure-bar-rule civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief post-conviction-review procedural-bar standing trial-counsel Whether the procedural bar statute was properly applied
19-5148 Vinodh Raghubir v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-standing procedural-irregularities standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-9833 Sade Mone v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation constitutional-violations contract-dispute court-of-federal-claims executive-department federal-claims-court federal-jurisdiction federal-regulations implied-contract little-tucker-act monetary-claim tucker-act Does the United States Court of Federal Claims have jurisdiction over cases against the United States based on an implied contract with an executive d…
18-9845 Bradley Joseph Vanzant v. Keith Yordy, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error Did petitioner make an involuntarily unknown and unintelligent plea through ineffective assistance of counsel and violations of his 6th Amendment righ…
18-9369 Wade Travis Webb v. County of Pima, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP citizen-rights civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process government-accountability grand-jury grand-jury-system legal-accountability prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the grand jury system is inherently flawed by allowing the government to damage citizens without consequences for constitutional violations
18-9179 Tony B. Thomas v. C. Blake, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process eighth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech standing Why did the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT overlook petitioner arguments pertaining to First-Amendment, Fourth-Amendment, Eighth…
18-1389 Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Andalusian Global Designated Activity Company, et al. First Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy civil-rights commercial-law constitutional-violations debtor-name due-process law-enforcement-misconduct official-immunity perfection property-rights public-record registered-organization secured-lending secured-transactions uniform-commercial-code Whether public officials can maintain immunity des Whether the court below erred by inventing an exception to Article 9's requirement that the name of a debtor for perfection purposes is 'the name that…
18-9028 Lochild Reed v. James Flood, Jr., Acting Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief structural-error structural-errors Did the District Court err by not granting an evidentiary hearing to address Constitutional Violations
18-9023 Keith Clayton Brooks Jr. v. David Gabriel, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-04-26 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-collateral-order-doctrine collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-violations due-process enlargement-of-time federal-relief habeas-corpus magistrate-judge prison-litigation prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner standing Whether the collateral order doctrine can be invoked when a party is deprived of an opportunity to preserve issues for appellate review
18-8546 Gerald Delane Murray v. Florida Florida 2019-03-26 Denied IFP actual-innocence batson-v-kentucky batson-violation brady-violation civil-rights conflict-counsel constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jailhouse-informant post-conviction post-conviction-relief Whether the state court denied due process by failing to appoint conflict counsel when post-conviction counsel undermined petitioner's claims, and whe…
18-8559 Betty Caitlin Nicole Smith v. Zachary Taylor Daniel Florida 2019-03-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation constitutional-violations court-procedure due-process due-process,civil-procedure,state-laws,federal-law fraud judicial-misconduct legal-mandate procedural-integrity standing Whether the Florida First District Court of Appeals acted legally in refusing to uphold its own opinion and affirming an order that goes against its o…
18-8505 William L. Burrell, Jr. v. Patrick Loungo, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations convict-leasing human-trafficking judicial-immunity judicial-immunity-doctrine qualified-immunity section-1983 slavery Should judges be liable under section 1983 for intentional conduct characterized as judicial acts but prohibited by statute, caselaw, or criminal stat…
18-8338 Anthony T. Jackson v. Illinois Illinois 2019-03-08 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process due-process,standing,criminal-procedure,evidence,p evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction wrongful-conviction Whether the Illinois state courts' refusal to allow a petitioner an evidentiary hearing on post-conviction claims despite the record containing facts …
18-8276 Derek Sample v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process due-process,fair-trial,impartial-jury,lesser-inclu fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense right-to-be-present trial-rights Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability
18-1146 Johanna Ong, et al. v. Hudson County Superior Court, et al. Third Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment bodily-harm civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations damages due-process eighth-amendment sovereign-immunity standing statute-of-limitations Did the lower courts repeatedly violate the Petitioners' Constitutional protections, including Fifth/Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Rights and Eight…
18-7940 Charles Kelvin Johns v. Alabama Department of Human Resources Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity property-rights Question not identified. racial-discrimination Whether the 11th Circuit has interfered with the black appellant's rights under 42 USC §1981 and 42 USC §1982
18-7702 George Reese v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct vouching Whether the prosecutor committed misconduct
18-7673 In Re Roda Hiramanek 2019-01-30 Denied IFP access-to-courts ada-accommodations civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection federal-court-procedure judicial-interference judicial-misconduct standing Question not identified
18-7683 Deandre Anderson v. Daniel Lesatz, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment miranda-rights new-evidence post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief probable-cause standing statute-of-limitations trial-errors wrongful-conviction Does the cases stated apply to this case?
18-6899 John Uranga, III v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied IFP certiorari circuit-split circuit-splits constitutional-error constitutional-violations de-minimis federal-courts federal-law implied-bias intra-circuit-split juror-bias structural-error structural-errors Whether the implied bias doctrine constitutes clearly established federal law
18-730 Moses McCormick, et al. v. Kim A. Browne, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 amendment amendment-futility civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fourteenth-amendment injunctive-relief municipal-liability qualified-immunity section-1983 standing Whether leave to amend the plaintiff's complaint should be considered futile if the municipality with no immunity can be added as a defendant and held…
18-6861 John Wilborn v. Kelly Ryan, Warden First Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-claim certificate-of-appealability constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidence-tampering evidence-withholding probable-cause probable-cause-transcript prosecutorial-misconduct Where John Wilborn made an actual innocence claim, did the Commonwealth violate John Wilborn's rights by withholding the probable cause transcript fro…
18-625 City of Miami, Florida v. Taiwan Smart Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-14 Dismissed burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations custom-or-practice due-process municipal-liability non-state-actors section-1983 witness-testimony Whether the isolated alleged incidents of constitutional violations in Plaintiff's § 1983 claims, which are founded on the actions of non-state actors…
18-6657 Mohsen Khoshmood v. DC HQ Housing Authority District of Columbia 2018-11-13 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities civil-rights constitutional-violations discrimination due-process employment employment-rights government-services housing-authority housing-discrimination What is the issue being raised?
18-6607 Scott Peters v. John Baldwin Seventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 38-usc-1331 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-discrimination due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims free-speech habeas-corpus Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28-U.S medical-mistreatment retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs Whether the district court erred in denying plaintiff's claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs, its directors, the hospital staff, the stat…
18-6368 Dean Edward Calhoun v. Texas Texas 2018-10-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection evidence standing state-law texas-criminal-justice Whether the Texas criminal justice system violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by denying them due process, equal protection, and access to…
18-5976 In Re Jaame Amun Re El 2018-09-14 Denied IFP administrative-law banking-statutes civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations criminal-statutes due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-review judicial-role legal-hermeneutics separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-drafting statutory-interpretation statutory-language statutory-meaning textual-analysis Is it a judge's/administration's duty to interpret a statute?
18-5888 Jared Morrison v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitation constitutional-violations deferred-adjudication due-process habeas-corpus mcquiggin-perkins mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice schlup-v-delo Whether a Mcquiggin v. Perkins actual innocence gateway can be denied
18-5881 Vamsidhar Vurimindi v. The Hoopskirt Lofts Condominium Association Pennsylvania 2018-09-05 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights condominium-law constitutional-violations due-process fair-housing-act fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights racial-discrimination Whether the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act violates the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments and the Fair Housing Act
18-5617 Gregory Bartunek v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3142 18-usc-3156 bail bail-denial constitutional-violations crimes-of-violence detention detention-order due-process presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention speedy-trial Is it unconstitutional for the legislature to define all Chapter 110 crimes of 18 United States Code (18 U.S.C.), in particular § 2252, and 2252A, as …
18-5574 Christina Jay Acker v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-13 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standing Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the federal courts failed to properly consider the petitioner's claims for habeas co…